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Author Topic: Birds in the back yard  (Read 289587 times)

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Offline Reinhard

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Saw two Canadian geese for the first time this year.  Hope that's a sign of a early spring.  good luck.

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Could be, RH....they've been flying overhead in the early mornings here, (dawn) honking away. That usually only starts in Spring here, as they hit the thawed out fields for any leftovers.  :happy1:

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Saw two Canadian geese for the first time this year.  Hope that's a sign of a early spring.  good luck.
reiny.........just drive up by moniticello....you'll see all kinds of gooses and swans!!!!!!!!!!! :happy1: :happy1:
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Come down here to see 'em, lotsa honkers here at Silver Lake! Gets so noisy with 'em, it sounds like a union meeting!  :rotflmao:  :rotflmao:


https://youtu.be/1DJEHAYpYqg
« Last Edit: March 03/05/20, 11:21:59 AM by Rebel SS »

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Come down here to see 'em, lotsa honkers here at Silver Lake! Gets so noisy with 'em, it sounds like a union meeting!  :rotflmao:  :rotflmao:


https://youtu.be/1DJEHAYpYqg
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Well! That's just a fine how-do-you-do!!!!!  :shocked:

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done heard a robin this afternoon, never did see the bugger though. lotz of geese flew over too!!!!!
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Didja see a titmouse?

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I got Canada Geese here too... also had a pair of Sandhill Cranes...
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Didja see a titmouse?
no but when I see you in a picture I see a doah doah bird. :mooning: :rotflmao:
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I seen a Robin,......I seen a Robin... :dancinred: :dancinred: :rotflmao:
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Saw 3 swans close up landing in a field today. 

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Turkey vultures are back, heard some killdeers and saw a flock of red-winged blackbirds. Geese are hanging around on our pond below the hill. Pretty sure it's still frozen over.  :huh:
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It must almost be spring....I saw my first robin this morning.

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A few grackles here at choretime.
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Two Juncos pokin' around on the ground.

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You still have some cardinals Reb? We share a pair with the neighbor to the south. The male cardinal sings his heart out every morning during chores. Then he takes a break to come up and pick at the sunflower & safflower seeds.  :happy1:
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Yup, in my giant yew out front. Since they return to the same nesting site every year (so they say) it's proven true by seeing them in the yew every year. They were out in it yday chirping away. They also seem to like music...when the tunes in the garage go on, (right next to the yew) they chirp and sing like crazy.
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Like I mentioned in Good Morning, we haven't hardly seen a grosbeak of any kind.  Had one immature male Rose Breasted one buy way back last fall we think.  We usually have a flock of Evening Grosbeaks hang around for a week or two.  Maybe they will still come. Have an occasional Pine Grosbeak too but not this year. 

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Like I mentioned in Good Morning, we haven't hardly seen a grosbeak of any kind.  Had one immature male Rose Breasted one buy way back last fall we think.  We usually have a flock of Evening Grosbeaks hang around for a week or two.  Maybe they will still come. Have an occasional Pine Grosbeak too but not this year.
those pine at evening grosbeaks usually head south outta Canada when food gets hard to find up there. IF we can ever be up at the cabin on a consistent schedule to keep good in the feeders we had a bunch of both. Dang there colorful birds  :happy1:
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This guy in KS had a few turkeys in his field...:Turkey:  :shocked:

  https://t.co/r3qcAiAv6O 
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Looked like a herd of cattle there are so many of them.

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In fields like those, especially along wooded river bottoms, lakes & streams, you have to wonder how much crop is actually left at harvest. Between turkeys, squirrels, deer, bunnies and raccoons down here it's not unusual to see a dozen or more rows completely gone. Speeds up harvest that way!  :happy1:
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I got my first redwing black bird in the feeder this morning.
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haven't seen them yet..  sure am hearing many "new" sounds when I'm out side...  spring is coming!!!
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I seen a morning dove yesterday!!!!!!! still not much for birds yet. I hear cardinals most mornings though!!
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Pretty devoid down here, haven't realllly seen any birds.... except for my cardinals! :happy1:

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Just saw the first 2 Canada geese a few minutes ago.  Flew right over the house.  Have shot two red squirrels so far out of the bird feeder.  Missed one two.  I let the gray squirrels eat though. 

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Saw and heard my 1st sandhill crane flying over yesterday altho I think HD saw one already last week or before. Buddy of mine had wood ducks trying to get in the houses at his place today. He'd blocked the entrances to keep the owls and other undesierables out. I had one about 15 years ago that put a full clutch of eggs in the one nesting box by the end of March. Never hatched however.  :scratch:
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